RRS rescues a woman about to be gang raped at Ogudu-Alapere link bridge, Lagos (photos)

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command on Saturday revealed that they rescued a lady who was dragged into a swamp at Ogudu-Alapere link bridge and was about to be gang raped. She has since been taken to the hospital for treatment of other injuries sustained.

Beyoncé and Tina Knowles Did A Normal Mother/Daughter Thing

Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Houston’s Solid Gold Beauty Supply got a Bey-oo-tiful surprise on Friday when Beyoncé and her mother/designer/Instagram queen, Tina Knowles, stopped by for a little shopping. Beyoncé was in her hometown for her “Formation World Tour,” and there’s no better time to stock up on hair supplies than during a pit stop in your old stomping grounds. Plus, Houston is super humid compared to other parts of Texas. Luckily, Ms. Knowles has the answer.

Ms. Knowles offered her Instagram fans a little insight into her own beauty regimen, specifically the use of satin bonnets while sleeping. “These will save your hair style,” she advised. She and Beyoncé took some photos outside of their old haunt, as well as a pic with fans inside. Can you imagine going into your local beauty supply shop and seeing Beyoncé shopping with her mom and then doing an impromptu photoshoot outside? Can you? No, you cannot. No one can prepare themselves for such a thing. This fan tried to capture the magic, but she was stopped by Beyoncé’s famous bodyguard, Julius. Yes, even Beyoncé’s bodyguard is famous.
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African American Museum opening: ‘This place is more than a building. It is a dream come true.’

More than 100 years after it was first proposed and 13 years after it was authorized by Congress, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens today in Washington.
“There were some who said it couldn’t happen, who said ‘you can’t do it,’ but we did it,” said Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who led the charge to make the museum a reality. “This place is more than a building. It is a dream come true.”
The long-awaited moment is being heralded by a weekend of celebrations across the city, in what the museum director Lonnie Bunch has called a “mini inauguration.” The most anticipated event is the grand opening ceremony on the National Mall, which is being broadcast on C-SPAN and streamed online, including at washingtonpost.com.
More than 7,000 official guests heard speeches from Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and former president George W. Bush, who signed the 2003 bill that authorized the museum.
Bush called the finished product “fabulous,” saying: “It shows our commitment to truth. A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.”
In his speech, President Obama, the country’s first African American chief executive, repeated the words of Langston Hughes: “I, too, am America.”
“We are not a burden on America, or a stain on America, or an object of pity or charity for America. We are America. And that’s what this museum explains,” he said.
A building alone, he said, will not fix the country’s problems. But it can inspire its citizens to go out and do so.
“Hopefully this museum can help us talk to each other, and more importantly listen to each other, and most importantly, see each other,” he said.
Since the day Obama presided over the museum’s groundbreaking in 2012, an impressive 400,000 square foot structure has been built in the shadow of the Washington Monument. Serving as home to more than 36,000 artifacts, the museum exists to both memorialize and educate, and most importantly to museum director Bunch, cement the African American story’s place in the American story.
The museum, Bunch said in his speech, will “not just tell of a people’s journey, but a nation’s story.”
“There is nothing more powerful than a people, than a nation steeped in history,” Bunch continued. “And nothing more noble than honoring all of our ancestors by remembering.”
The museum’s bronze-hued exterior and unusual shape stand starkly in contrast with the buildings surrounding it, and purposefully so. Inside, visitors walk the path from slavery to civil rights to the Black Lives Matter movement, and everything in between. The familiar and the untold stories of history are shared through meaningful objects: from the shawl of Harriet Tubman to a candy-red Cadillac driven by Chuck Berry, to the uneven-bar grips used by Gabby Douglas in the 2012 Olympics.
For the time being, getting inside the museum will take some advance planning. Although, as with all Smithsonian museums, entry is free, admission currently requires a timed ticket, available at nmaahc.si.edu/visit/passes. All the tickets for opening weekend were snapped up the moment they were made available in August. Tickets for September, October, November and every weekend in December are sold out. But starting Monday, individuals can obtain up to four same-day passes from the visitor services staff starting at 9:15 a.m.
Even without a ticket, there’s still good reason to head to the Mall this weekend, if you don’t mind crowds and security checkpoints. On the Washington Monument grounds between 15th and 17th streets NW, the museum is hosting a free, three-day festival celebrating African American culture. Food stands will offer Southern barbecue, Kenyan curries, Caribbean jerk and Gulf Coast po’ boys. Music, poetry, dancing and storytelling will entertain visitors throughout the day, leading to a Saturday night concert featuring Living Colour, Public Enemy and the Roots. The festival will continue on Sunday.

People were already streaming onto the grounds of the Washington Monument before sunrise Saturday, hoping to get a view of the festivities — or at least see them on the Jumbotrons nearby.
“We are very excited to see our family history,” said Gladys Atkins, from Helmetta, N.J.“We of course descended from slaves… I have photographs of my slave ancestors.”
She and her husband have tickets to enter the museum for 5:30 p.m. In fact, they have tickets for four separate days.
“We are serious,” she said.
Attendees looking up at the Mall’s newest landmark wondered aloud what its existence means to the conversation about race in America. The opening ceremony comes at the end of a week when two deadly police shootings — of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. and Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Okla. — became the latest catalysts for ongoing protests about the way black men are treated by law enforcement.
“I can only hope that this [museum] does provide an opportunity for greater healing,” said Atiba Muse, a political organizer from Petersburg, Va. who sat among other donors at the ceremony. “We’re in need of triage. This is the initial steps to resuscitate.”
Others were overwhelmed thinking of how far the black community has come. Beulah Stowe Cary, 92, sat outside the ceremony in a motorized wheelchair, telling the story of her childhood. She was born in North Carolina in 1924, but remained in the state for just three weeks before her family sent her to relatives in Virginia. She had a white mother and a black father; they feared that a biracial baby wouldn’t be safe in the South.
David Hudson, a volunteer from Silver Spring, recalled being chased out of a restaurant in South Carolina because he was black. He was 8 years old at the time.
Now, at 63, he’s passing out programs at the foot of a building meant to ensure his country will never forget how boys like him were treated.
“To see all of our story and history from the very beginning, from the shackles,” reflected poet Sonia Sanchez before the ceremony began.  “From how we were enslaved and how we have become president, and how we have come writers in this country and professors…We are a part of this great American landscape and you are going to remember us. You’re going to remember us when you come to this museum.”

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Apple Says Jet Black iPhone 7 Could Scratch and Might Need a Case

At Apple’s press event on Sept. 7, the company unveiled a new Jet Black iPhone 7. But it might have a design consideration customers should know about before buying.

After Apple’s AAPL event on Wednesday, it published a dedicated iPhone 7 page showing all five color versions customers can choose when the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are available for pre-order on Friday. On its Jet Black model listing, Apple includes a footnote that might give some pause.

“The high-gloss finish of the Jet Black iPhone 7 is achieved through a precision nine-step anodization and polishing process,” Apple writes. “Its surface is equally as hard as other anodized Apple products; however, its high shine may show fine micro-abrasions with use.”

In other words, the iPhone 7 that offers the most enhanced design over its predecessors--and arguably the most attractive look--is subject to scratches and other problems that could affect its finish. And in order to address that, Apple went so far as to suggest customers consider a case.

“If you are concerned about this, we suggest you use one of the many cases available to protect your iPhone,” Apple writes.

The Jet Black iPhone was one of the focal points in Apple’s iPhone 7 presentation on Wednesday. The company shared videos showcasing the device and talk about the time and effort it takes to deliver its polished design. On its website, Apple displays the iPhone 7’s Jet Black version first.

Apple’s revelation, however, could give some customers who are looking to get their hands on the updated design some pause. While it’s undoubtedly an attractive product, over time, its attraction might give way to some concerns about its ability to hold up against too much use. If such concerns are present, customers will either need to decide to opt for another model that doesn’t come with the same manufacturing and polishing process and therefore doesn’t make it as likely to suffer “micro-abrasions,” or opt for a case.

The trouble with a case is that it shrouds the iPhone’s design. In addition to announcing component improvements on Wednesday, Apple spent considerable time talking about its design achievements. In nearly all of the cases currently on the market or launching soon for iPhone 7 models, the smartphone is fully encased and its design is covered by the case’s design. The Jet Black’s beauty is gone once a case is slapped on.

For some would-be iPhone customers, Apple’s sales pitch on the Jet Black version during its event was enough to make them want it. But whether the warning on Apple’s site--which wasn’t discussed during the event--will change users’ minds remains to be seen.

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available for pre-order starting on Friday. They’ll launch to Apple and carrier stores, as well as third-party retailers, on Sept. 16.

Photos: Man dies in Lagos after being hit by a bus while chasing another vehicle that bashed his car

According to online user Ola Taiwo, who narrated the sad incident on September 1, the victim was chasing a commercial bus popularly known as Danfo that bashed his car when he was hit and killed by another oncoming Danfo.
"This man died this morning at onigbongbo bus stop Maryland, a danfo brush his car, and this man left his car, remove his shoes and ran after the danfo, he try to hold the bus but the conductor push him away and another danfo coming hit him and that was the end. Look at the man lying down and his car beside him, he left everything, pls lean how to let go, cos "bintin laye" he's an MD in one of the nearby office"
 

VIDEO:-“Apart From The Financial Woes, I Lost A Friend And Brother” – Don Jazzy Opens Up On Split From D’banj And Feud With Olamide

Mavin CEO, Don Jazzy, recently sat down for an interview with Forbes Africa Correspondent, Peace Hyde, on the 5 episode of the flagship Forbes Africa TV show, ‘My Worst Day.’
On why he reacted the way he did at this year’;s Headies Awards show, Don Jazzy said it was due to his love for his artistes.
He said:

I learnt a lesson about anger, I don’t really get angry like that. At that particular point, I was angry and emotional about my kids. You have to understand there’s no greater love than the love of a father for his children,“I think that’s the way people should know the amount of love i have for whoever is working for me. Especially those three. I guess I was weak, I was upset, spoke out of tongue. I’m sorry to my fans that expected better from me.

He also spoke on how, he finally made peace with Olamide after the show:

 That’s the beauty about adults. In two seconds after saying all that I regretted my actions. I realised that he did too and we got along. We didn’t want it to escalate.

 On his worst day in business, he said

The decision for myself and my former partner, Dbanj to pursue different path at that point was not the right the decision because it led to a lot of things. ‘Apart from the financial loses, I also lost a friend and brother in D’banj.

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Rihanna flaunts her behind in a concert in Philadelphia

 

She's booty-ful! Rihanna puts on eye-popping display of her pert bottom in racy leather chaps at Anti World Tour

Rihanna made headlines this week after her on/off boyfriend Drake professed his love for her during the MTV VMAs on Sunday.

And it's no wonder the Hotline Bling hit-maker is smitten with the 28-year-old Barbadian beauty as she hit the stage for her Anti World Tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday night.

The Work singer looked sensationally sizzling in a pair of sexy leather chaps as she gave concertgoers an eyeful of her pert bottom.
 The Grammy Award-winning songstress ensured it was more than just her flawless vocals that got her fans talking as she took to the stage in the racy look.

She made sure to showcase her shapely derriere when dazzling the crowds in nothing but a pair of citrus chap boots and a sexy olive green playsuit.

Arriving on stage at Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Diamonds singer looked to be in high spirits as she pranced around in front of the packed audience.

7-time world champion triathlete, Karen Mckeachie, hit & killed by a car while cycling

Karen McKeachie, a seven-time world champion triathlete, was killed after she was hit by a car while cycling. Believed to be the oldest woman to win a triathlon: a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances, the elite athlete was on her bike near the city of Chelsea, US on Friday when she was hit and killed by another vehicle. 63-year-old Karen was inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame in 2014 and has won US National Championships 17 times.

Nine Islamic asylum seekers arrested for drugging and raping a woman in Austria

 Nine men, who are all seeking asylum in Austria travelled to Vienna for New Year’s Eve celebrations where they allegedly drugged a woman and dragged her to a nearby apartment block before brutally raping her. Police were called on January 1 when the woman woke up to discover she had been the victim of a vile sex attack.

The attackers aged between 21 and 47 are alleged to have snatched the woman from Vienna’s central Schwedenplatz and assaulted her in an apartment where two of the suspects lived, between 2am and 6am.
But the arrests were made eight months later following a “protracted and difficult” investigation
 
The arrests were made in Austria after DNA evidence and CCTV footage was used to successfully build a case against the alleged rapists. This comes as Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party desperately attempts to overturn the result of June’s presidential election after a re-run was ordered by a judge when evidence showed “irregularities” in the court.

 A police spokesperson said:

“There is no doubt about the gang rape according to the biological traces. “The investigations were difficult and protracted. On the trail of the suspects, investigators came by DNA material, interviews with witnesses and images from surveillance cameras.”

Police say the woman had been drinking but believes she may have been drugged as she does not remember getting to the apartment. The men have all denied the accusations.

Some Austrians have demanded that the men be “immediately deported” if they are convicted of the rape.